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Letters: I am the man to lead in times of crises
Letters to the Editor

Letters: I am the man to lead in times of crises

March 30, 2020

I appreciate the wonderful folks I’ve met on this trip. Your presence, your questions and your suggestions have helped me learn about each county, your concerns and needs. I am…

Letters: Will America again rise to the occasion?
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Letters: Will America again rise to the occasion?

March 30, 2020

Exceptionalism: We have overreacted and can escape the fate of Italy because we’re Americans and things like that don’t happen here. It’s just like a bad flu season. Stoicism: Tragedy…

Letter: Elect board for greener, cheaper energy
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Letter: Elect board for greener, cheaper energy

March 30, 2020

The board has kept its promise to carefully study options – including determining the cost of exiting our current disastrous contract with Tri-State. Disastrous? Well, our contract buys us high-priced,…

Letters: Let’s vote Cory Gardner out in November
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Letters: Let’s vote Cory Gardner out in November

March 30, 2020

Whether or not I’m right in assuming that Gardner was once a traditional Republican, he chose to abandon these core Republican principles by going along with the corrupt and self-aggrandizing…

Letters: Do our homework and then let’s all vote
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Letters: Do our homework and then let’s all vote

March 30, 2020

In our national elections, are we to support candidates whose priories align with powerful entities and the status quo or do we vote for those who look ahead, want climate…

Letters: On high gas prices, you must be patient
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Letters: On high gas prices, you must be patient

March 29, 2020

Mr. Black, I feel your pain and wonderment. However, as a former resident of Southern California, I know a few things about being “ripped off” at the pump. There is…

Letters: Businesses could help us to help them
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Letters: Businesses could help us to help them

March 29, 2020

One thing businesses can do to help us help them would be to offer e-gift cards. Doing so might help them maintain at least some degree of cash flow during…

Letters: State should end Durango price-gouging
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Letters: State should end Durango price-gouging

March 28, 2020

Yet here in Durango, prices have maintained at the $2.30 level for a long time. Why aren’t our prices dropping? Average from GasBuddy.com today shows an average of $2.03 in…

Letters: We specialize in frozen, to-go entrees
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Letters: We specialize in frozen, to-go entrees

March 27, 2020

I own Mountain Meals, which specializes in frozen entrees and has been operating since 2019. We would like to open early on Thursdays to accommodate seniors and vulnerable customers. Starting…

Letters: Clean has won, fossil fuels are doomed
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Letters: Clean has won, fossil fuels are doomed

March 27, 2020

To say that “Climate nonsense is dreamed up by profs” is to say that they’ve willingly committed career suicide for no reason. But soon these skeptics will fall silent. That’s…

Letters: Could restaurants make frozen meals?
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Letters: Could restaurants make frozen meals?

March 27, 2020

After taking advantage of senior hours at Albertsons and seeing a lot of empty space in the freezer aisles, and seeing that local restaurants don’t open for pick-up until 11…

Letters: Landis, Unger and Fults are my choices
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Letters: Landis, Unger and Fults are my choices

March 27, 2020

Our neighbors have stepped up to care for each other, providing soup, supplies and emotional comfort. Great community! Meanwhile, we should take wise steps to care for our world and…

Letters: Hickenlooper’s green, bipartisan and real
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Letters: Hickenlooper’s green, bipartisan and real

March 27, 2020

According to 538.com, Gardner has voted with Trump 90% of the time. His voting record includes exposing waterways to invasive species through the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act, opening up the…

Letters: This virus validates all of Trump’s agenda
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Letters: This virus validates all of Trump’s agenda

March 26, 2020

What is Durango and its Durangutans doing? They are being selfish, self-centered pigs, hoarding goods and foods that will take months to use, leaving nothing on store shelves for responsible…

Letters: What are Durango gun buyers planning?
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Letters: What are Durango gun buyers planning?

March 26, 2020

Every country dealing with this terrible pandemic has managed to do so without guns, looting or riots. Buying guns tells us a lot about this country and the people. They…

Letters: Fight the virus and be good Americans
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Letters: Fight the virus and be good Americans

March 25, 2020

Thanks, too, to the hard-working, selfless individuals dedicating their time and energy to cleaning and sanitizing all those countless places where people need to be – and there are so…

Letters: The one-percenters are killing us again
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Letters: The one-percenters are killing us again

March 25, 2020

For decades, many politicians coming into office with little money leave with a bundle from lobbyists and insider trading. Blue collars making an honest living barely get by paycheck to…

Letters: From Italy, I bid you be positive, strong
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Letters: From Italy, I bid you be positive, strong

March 25, 2020

My country is right now going through the hardest times since WW II because of the spread of COVID-19. I was meant to come to Colorado, the land I’ve discovered…

Letters: Tell us how to help local businesses
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Letters: Tell us how to help local businesses

March 24, 2020

For example, “We need at least 20 to-go orders every night to stay afloat.” Or, “Please help by looking at our website and volunteering.” Or, “Please call us to see…

Letters: Herald should help Durango restaurants
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Letters: Herald should help Durango restaurants

March 24, 2020

Many of us have enjoyed an anniversary or birthday dinner, hosted out-of-town guests or just had a relaxing meal at one of their establishments. Our restaurants and their employees will…

Letters: You can find the best virus advice on the internet
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Letters: You can find the best virus advice on the internet

March 23, 2020

Yet some personal health facts remain unchanged. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers good advice for preventing community spread and personal infection: apply social distancing, sanitize surfaces, wash…

Letters: Coloradans get gouged on gas prices
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Letters: Coloradans get gouged on gas prices

March 23, 2020

But gasoline prices have not come down here much since then. In Oklahoma City now, regular is going from $1.19 to $1.49 per gallon. Here, as I write, regular is…

Letters: Overreaching pandemic powers cut our freedoms
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Letters: Overreaching pandemic powers cut our freedoms

March 23, 2020

And there are overreaching powers telling private businesses and citizens what they can and what they can’t do, the governor of California threatening martial law, the governor of New Mexico…

Letters: Empathy is a given for all but Trump
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Letters: Empathy is a given for all but Trump

March 22, 2020

The only explanation is that they are born with it (nature). That is, 10-odd million years of evolution as a social species has succeeded in making them – genetically, instinctively…